Healthcare Staff by State and Staff Type
Data as of 31 Dec 2022, 23:59Number of public sector healthcare staff at national and state level, with a breakdown by staff type.
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This dataset is tabulated from the operational individual-level records maintained by the Health Informatics Centre (PIK) of the Ministry of Health. The data reflects the number of active healthcare staff as at 31 December each year.
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Dataset description
Number of public sector healthcare staff at national and state level, with a breakdown by staff type.
Variable definitions
- Date
- State
- Staff Type
- Staff Count
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date (Date) | Date | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format, with MM-DD set to 01-01 as the data is at annual frequency |
state (Categorical) | State | One of 16 states, or Malaysia for national-level data |
staff_type (Categorical) | Staff Type | Either doctors ('doctor'), nurses ('nurse'), community nurses ('nurse_community'), dentists ('dentist'), or all staff ('all') |
staff (Integer) | Staff Count | Number of active staff |
Last updated:
01 Sept 2024, 12:00
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Data source(s)
- Ministry of Health Malaysia
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License
This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/healthcare_staff.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=healthcare_staff&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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